Le jardinier solitaire, the solitary or Carthusian gard'ner, being dialogues between a gentleman and a gard'ner. Containing the method to make and cultivate all sorts of gardens; with many New Experiments therein; and Reflections on the Culture of Trees. Written in French by Francis Gentil, Lay Brother of the Order of the Carthusians, and above Thirty Years Gardner to the Charter-House at Paris. In Two Parts. Also The compleat florist: Or, The Universal Culture of Flowers, Trees and Shrubs; Proper to Imbellish Gardens; With the way of Raising all Sorts of Parterres, Greens, Knots, Porticoes, Columns and other Ornaments. The whole Illustrated with many Cuts, and with the Fable and Moral of each Plant. By the Sieur Louis Liger D'Auxerre. In three parts. Newly done into English.
- Gentil, François.
- Date:
- 1706
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Jardinier solitaire. English
Publication/Creation
London : printed for Benj. Tooke, at the Temple-Gate, Fleetstreet, 1706.
Physical description
[2],xii,[6],140;129-488,[8]p.,plates : ill. ; 80.
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References note
ESTC T132243
Henrey, 744
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Electronic reproduction. Farmington Hills, Mich. : Thomson Gale, 2003. (Eighteenth century collections online). Available via the World Wide Web. Access limited by licensing agreements.